regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
calm; composed; cool; quiet
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
don't you think?; indicates question
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
directly opposite; right in front
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to speak brazenly; to never shut up
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)